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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hume says the will is an impression of what?

2. What direct passions do natural instincts produce?

3. What is the title of Book Two, Part Three?

4. What virtue does Hume claim is needed to maintain the family unit?

5. What does Hume say justice must be to motivate us?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hume's argument against those who defend free will?

2. Why does Hume think reason is the slave of the passions?

3. How would Hume's system deal with murder?

4. Why does Hume say justice must be moral?

5. What does Hume mean when he says one cannot derive an ought from an is?

6. What point is Hume making by using the murder example?

7. How does Hume define natural virtues?

8. Why does Hume say common loyalty is so important?

9. Why does Hume claim that actions are not the result of passions?

10. How does Hume define love and hatred?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the following philosophical terms and describe why they are so important in understanding Hume's Treatise.

1. Empiricism.

2. Skepticism.

3. Impressions.

4. Cause and effect.

Essay Topic 2

What is the relationship between reason and passion? Why is this relationship important in terms of human will?

Essay Topic 3

How does reason and passion cause the will to act? Why is it important to find out what causes the will to act? In what way is it important to Hume's own argument?

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